Books about friendship

In one of those bizarre synchronicity moments you sometimes have at the library, my family borrowed a slew of books all about friendship at our visit yesterday (the first three are by Mo Willems, who is wonderfully engaging). I'll briefly review each and add several other suggestions on the topic at the end.

My Friend is Sad

A wonderful book for new readers to read on their own about how to comfort a friend feeling down.

City Dog, Country Frog

Teaches how to build a friendship and how to cope with loss of a friend. A charming, even moving read and a stylistic departure for the author Mo Willems.

Leonardo the Terrible Monster

Friendship turns out to be the great purpose in life for Leonardo, a monster unable to scare anyone.

Cowboy Ned & Andy, by David Ezra Stein

Andy the horse loves his owner, Ned, so much that he wants to give him a birthday cake in honor of Ned's big day. But what does Ned really need?

OTHER GREAT "FRIENDSHIP" SELECTIONS:

the Mimmy and Simmy books by Yaffa Ganz,

the Toon Book Stinky,

the classic series commencing with Frog and Toad are Friends,

That's What a Friend Is by P.K. Hallinan,

Little Bear's Friend by Else Holmelund Minarik,

A Friend for King Amadou by Robert McKissack,

Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar,

Winnie the Pooh books,

Sheila Rae, the Brave and almost any book by Kevin Henkes,

the magical Charlotte's Web,

anything about Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan,

As Good As Anybody by Richard Michelson

...and for older readers Louis Sachar's amazing The Boy in the Girls' Bathroom,

Beth Firestone's Candles in My Window,

The Sea of Trolls trilogy,

Sorcery and Cecelia,

The Chosen,

and Patricia Wrede's Dealing with Dragons.

Please Share more "Friendship" books for children--fictional or not--below!